What is a pandemic? Dr. Fauci says there’s no scientific definition, pandemics "mean different things to different people"-CNN, Feb. 2020

2/25/20, “What is a pandemic?" cnn.com, Jacqueline Howard

“‘Pandemics mean different things to different people’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said earlier this month that there is no actual scientific, definitive definition of what constitutes a pandemic.

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“It really is borderline semantics, to be honest with you," Fauci said. 

 

He added that there could be arguments on either side as to whether the coronavirus outbreak could be described as a pandemic.

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“I think you could have people arguing each end of it,” he said. “Pandemics mean different things to different people.””

 

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Added: But WHO says: “Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly.”

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3/11/20, “WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19,” who.int

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“Good afternoon. In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled….

We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.

We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. 

Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death….

We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. This is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus.”…

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Added: Miraculously, in 2017 World Bank knew “pandemic bonds” would be the next big thing for both investors and poor countries. But, Reuters says, 4/20/20, “Campaigners have been critical of the complex instrument which now pays out only after reported cases of coronavirus have crossed more than 2.26 million globally and killed more than 154,613 people."

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World Bank has 386 pages of requirements before Covid payouts. For example, a certain number of PCR tests (polymerase chain reaction tests) must be given, followed by a certain number of “cases” found by PCR tests, then the percentage of Covid “cases” has to exceed a percentage of total global “cases.” Additional triggers include numbers of “cross border” deaths and a waiting period of at least 12 weeks.

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“The COVID-19 crisis seems to meet the Bank’s ghoulish criteria….Apparently, the coronavirus first needed to rage for twelve weeks across multiple countries, including developing countries, before the tranches would pay out their principal value into the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility.”…4/2/20, “Pandemic Bonds Are a Scam Holding the Global South Hostage,” JacobinMag.com, Nicole Aschoff.

World Bank says: “The confirmation ratio: confirmed cases as percentage of total cases must exceed 20%.

Cross-border spread: the outbreak needs to be in more than one country, each having had 20 or more fatalities.

Positive growth rate: the total number of cases in IDA/IBRD countries must be growing at an exponential rate as confirmed by the third-party calculation agent (AIR Worldwide).”…As of 10/1/20, “Fact Sheet: Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility,” World Bank

 

 

 

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